Pulley



H. C. WALLACE.

PULLEY.

APPLICATION mm JUNE 28, 1910.

Patented Oct. 24, 1922.

7 ENTOR By fia/bc rf C Wad law A TTOVRNEY Patented @ct. 24, 1192-22..

HALBERT G. WALLACE, OF KANSAS CITY, lVZISSUUBI.

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Application filed June 28, 1920. Serial in, 392,172.

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Be it known that I, HALBERT C. vVALLAon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas Citjgin the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pulleys; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to pulleys particularly adapted to be attached to a spoked driven wheel, for example, the driven wheel of a motor vehicle, so that the power of the motor vehicle may be transmitted to a driven element for industrial purposes. 7

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a pulley which may be easily and expeditiously attached to the spokes of a wheel and as conveniently removed therefrom.

The invention consists in provicing a pulley with an attaching ring having spoke-engaging seats or jaws, one of which is fixed to the ring, the remaining seats being adjustable to accommodate for wheels having different numbers of spokes. I prefer'to shackle the seats or jaws to the spokes'by removable fastening devices, such as U-shaped spoke clips having relatively wide seating portions, there being preferably a winding or packing strip about the spokes at the points of connection with the pulley so that the paint on the spokes will not be marred when the pulley is being applied or detached therefrom.

In the drawings,

Fig. I is a view partly in section and partly in elevation, showing a driving wheel to which the pulley is attached.

Fig. II is a cross sectional view through the attaching plate of the pulley and spoke-engaging lug, the shackle being shown in elevation, and

Fig. III is a detail, perspective view oi."

the pulley, showing the fixed spoke-engag-j ing jaw or lug and one of the adjustable lugs detached.

is recessed or notched, as at 5, to form a seat for one of the spokes About the plate 4.-

are pairs of slots 7 to receive fastening devices such as shackles or isha :l, spokeengaging clips 8, whic pass through the openings 9 in the adjustable lugs or jaws l0 and through the slots 7. The spoke clips 8 s 11 to engage f are each formed with flat seat one face of a spoke, the other ace being engaged by eitl1eitl1e notch 5 in the lug l or a notch 12 in one of-the lugs 10.

In order to prevent the aw and shackles from niarring the paint'I prefer to inter pose a packing consisting of wrapping or strip 13 about the spoke so that when the plate 2 is clamped thereon and secured by the nuts 1d and washer 15, the spoke will not be marred.

The purpose of making one of the aws or lugs rigid with the ring-shaped plate 2 is to assist in centering the pulley with respect to the wheel. The remaining aws or lugs are adjustable so that the device is adapted to fit either a wheel with an even number of spokes or a wheel with an uneven number of spokes. Therefore, w'th the construction shown, pulley may be applied to any construction of wheel and secured to the shackles indicated'in the drawings.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the device may be easily applied to and detached from the wheel and that it may efiiciently be used as a power"transmitting device for transmitting power from a driv the I ing wheel, for example, the driven wheel of HALBERT C. IVALLACE. 

